2002 Contest Winners
24th May 2002
The weather: Dreadful - a howling gale! At least the rain kept off, apart from a couple of brief showers.
There were 125 bands playing.
Delph
| 1st Prize | Marsden Silver | 64 bands played. |
| 2nd Prize | Brighouse & Rastrick | |
| 3rd Prize | Staffordshire | |
| 4th Prize | Tie: Sunline International Navigation | |
| & Tintwistle | ||
| Local | 1: Dobcross Silver | |
| 2: Boarshurst | ||
| Saddleworth | Delph | |
| Best non-Championship / | ||
| 1st Section | Holme Silver | |
| Best 3rd / 4th section | Parr St Helens | |
| Youth | 1: Dobcross Youth | |
| 2: Rochdale Youth | ||
| Solo Cornet | Marsden Silver | |
| Sop Cornet | Holme Silver | |
| Euphonium | Brighouse & Rastrick | |
| Bass Section | Brighouse & Rastrick |
Denshaw
| 1st Prize | Brighouse & Rastrick | 54 bands played record) |
| 2nd Prize | Sunline Navigation | |
| 3rd Prize | ASDA Stocksbridge | |
| 1st Section | Dobcross | |
| 2nd Section | Elland | |
| 3rd Section | Diggle | |
| 4th Section | Parr St Helens | |
| Local | Uppermill | |
| Saddleworth | 1: Boarshurst | |
| 2: Dobcross Youth | ||
| Youth | 1: Rochdale Borough | |
| 2: Tewitt Youth | ||
| Snr Deportment | Dobcross | |
| Jnr Deportment | Wardle High School | |
| Sop Cornet | Sunline Navigation |
Dobcross
| 1st Prize | Brighouse & Rastrick | 57 bands played. |
| 2nd Prize | Sunline Navigation | |
| 3rd Prize | Dobcross Silver | |
| Local | Holme Silver | |
| Saddleworth | Dobcross Youth | |
| Youth | Dobcross Youth | Also soloist awards |
| Henry Livings | Dobcross Silver | (participants in Whit Walks) |
| correction |
Friezland
| 1st Prize | Hebden Bridge | 45 bands played |
| 2nd Prize | Barnton Silver | typo corrected |
| 3rd Prize | Bakewell Silver | |
| 4th Prize | Lostock Hall | |
| 4th Section | Bakewell Silver | correction |
| Youth | 1: Wardle Youth | |
| 2: Rochdale Borough Youth | ||
| Local | Diggle | |
| Solo Cornet | Hebden Bridge | |
| Bass Section | Wardle District | |
| Deportment | 1: Wardle High | |
| 2: United NW Co-op Milnrow |
Greenacres
| 1st Prize | Brighouse & Rastrick | 36 bands played. |
| 2nd Prize | Sunline International | |
| 3rd Prize | Marsden Silver | |
| 2nd Section | 1: Haslinden & Helmshaw | |
| 2: Walkden | ||
| 3: Delph | ||
| 3rd Section | 1: Diggle | |
| 2: Middleton | ||
| 3: Boarshurst | ||
| 4th Section | 1: Uppermill | |
| 2: Parr (St Helens) | ||
| 3: Boarshurst Intermediate | ||
| Local | 1: Marsden | |
| 2: Dobcross Silver | ||
| 3: Mossley | ||
| Youth | 1: Rochdale Borough Youth | |
| 2: Tewitt Youth | ||
| Cornet | Brighouse & Rastrick | |
| Euphonium | Marsden Silver | |
| Deportment | Tie: Uppermill & Dobcross |
Greenfield
| 1st Prize | Brighouse & Rastrick | 61 bands played. |
| 2nd Prize | ASDA Stocksbridge | |
| 3rd Prize | Glossop | |
| 2nd Section | 1: Silk Brass | |
| 2: Boarshurst | ||
| 3rd Section | 1: Diggle | |
| 2: (tie) Tarleton | Correction | |
| & Lostock Hall | ||
| 4th Section | 1: (tie) Uppermill | |
| & Haydock Youth | ||
| 3: Tewitt Youth | ||
| Local | 1: Dobcross | Correction |
| 2: Boarshurst | Correction | |
| Saddleworth | 1: Dobcross | Correction |
| 2: Boarshurst | Correction | |
| Local 4th Sec | Uppermill | |
| Youth | Dobcross Youth | |
| Deportment | Cheshire Constabulary | |
| Entertainment | Wuss Brass |
Grotton
| 1st Prize | Brighouse & Rastrick | 48 bands played. |
| 2nd Prize | Besses o' the Barn | |
| 3rd Prize | Sunline International Navigation | |
| 4th Prize | Marsden Silver | |
| 3rd/4th Section | Pilling Jubilee Silver | |
| Local | 1: Stalybridge | |
| 2: Mossley | ||
| Youth | 1: Shaw Youth | |
| 2: Dobcross Youth | ||
| Solo Cornet | Nick Payne - Brighouse & Rastrick | |
| Deportment | Cheshire Constabulary | |
| Youth Deportment | Dobcross Youth | |
Lees-Springhead
| 1st Prize | Brighouse & Rastrick | ?? bands played. |
| 2nd Prize | Dobcross Silver | |
| 3rd Prize | Pemberton Old | |
| 4th Prize | ASDA Stocksbridge | |
| Local | Mossley | 5 mile radius |
| 4th Section / Youth | Rochdale Borough Youth | Oldham Met Borough | Diggle |
| Deportment | Cheshire Constabulary |
Lydgate
| 1st Prize | Sunline International Navigation | 49 bands played. |
| 2nd Prize | Brighouse & Rastrick | |
| 3rd Prize | Marsden Silver | |
| Saddleworth | Dobcross Youth | |
| 4th Section | Bakewell Silver | |
| Youth | Smithills School | |
| Deportment | Cheshire Constabulary | |
| Youth Deportment | Wardle Youth | |
| Cornet | Marsden Silver | |
| Euphonium | United NW Co-op Milnrow | |
| Horn | Marsden Silver | |
| Trombone | United NW Co-op Milnrow | |
| Sop | Haydock |
Roundthorn
| 1st Prize | Vernon Building Soc | 37 bands played. |
| 2nd Prize | Brighouse & Rastrick | |
| 3rd Prize | Lindley Band | |
| 2nd Section | 1: Chapel en le Frith | |
| 2: Delph | ||
| 3rd Section | 1: Silk Brass | |
| 2: Hebden Bridge | ||
| 4th Section | 1: Timperley | |
| 2: Parr (St Helens) | ||
| Local | 1: Dobcross Silver | |
| 2: Mossley | ||
| Youth | 1: Rochdale Borough Youth | |
| 2: Dobcross Youth | ||
| 3: Tewitt Youth | ||
| Deportment | 1: Wardle Year 10 | |
| 1: Rossendale Scouts |
Scouthead & Austerlands
| Open Section: | 1: Marsden Silver | 54 bands played. |
| 2: Blackburn & Darwen | ||
| 3: Vernon Building Soc | ||
| 2nd Section: | 1: Eagley | |
| 2: Hade Edge | ||
| 3: Haslingden & Helmshore | ||
| 3rd Section: | 1: Middleton | |
| 2: Hazel Grove | ||
| 3: FriendlyTowneley High | ||
| 4th Section: | 1: Parr (St Helens) | |
| 2: Uppermill | ||
| 3: Whitchurch | ||
| Local: | 1: Tintwistle | |
| 2: Oldham Brass 97 | ||
| 3: Blackley | ||
| Saddleworth: | 1: Delph | |
| 2: Diggle | ||
| 3: Greenfield | ||
| Youth | 1: Townley High School | |
| 2: Wardle Youth | ||
| 3: Shaw Youth | ||
| Deportment | Snr: Hade Edge | |
| Jnr: Towneley High | ||
| Solo Sop Cornet | Vernon Building Soc | |
| Euphonium | Vernon Building Soc | correction |
Uppermill
| 1st Prize | Brighouse & Rastrick | 59 bands played. |
| 2nd Prize | Dobcross Silver | |
| 3rd Prize | Wingates | |
| 4th Prize | ASDA Stocksbridge | |
| Local | 1: Marsden Silver | |
| 2: Tintwistle | ||
| 3: Meltham & Meltham Mills | ||
| Youth | 1: Rochdale Borough Youth | |
| 2: Dobcross Youth | ||
| 3: Tewitt Youth | ||
| Saddleworth | Delph | |
| Deportment | Cheshire Constabulary |